206 Time Words, Time Vocabulary List
Time words are preferred in English in daily life. The correct use of time words with verbs is very important. It should be used correctly so that there is no ambiguity in the sentences. In addition, care should be taken to use it properly to accurately convey what is meant to be said in the sentence. We share time words and examples used in daily conversations.
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Time According to Tenses
Present tense: Every day, month, week, year, always, sometimes, never, frequently, etc.
- Emily studies regularly for her classes every day.
- She never missed her lessons. That’s why she was so successful.
- I sometimes go to America. Because my workplace is there.
- She regularly visits her grandmother every week.
Simple past: Yesterday, years, weeks, months, days, hours ago; in (last year); last (month, week, year), etc.
- He left work yesterday. Because he was having a hard time at work.
- He left town 3 weeks ago. He wouldn’t be back anymore.
- He was very happy with the news he received last week. But this happiness was short-lived.
- He hadn’t been able to fix things last year. But now he is very happy in her new job.
1. galactic year
2. timekeeper
3. dial
4. while
5. delayed
6. hourglass
7. pocket watch
8. day
9. quartz clock
10. late
11. hour
12. stopwatch
13. international date line
14. during week
15. jiffy
16. month
17. at last
18. future
19. century
20. tardy
21. during afternoon
22. midnight
23. triennium
24. clock face
25. every time
26. winter
27. trimester
28. on time
29. time
30. quarter hour
31. during day
32. following
33. soon
34. epoch
35. in the past
36. jubilee
37. coordinated universal time
38. present
39. post meridian
40. water clock
41. utc
42. after that
43. face (of a clock)
44. nanosecond
45. analog clock
46. premature
47. chronometer
48. minute
49. horology
50. later
51. grandfather clock
52. zone
53. am
54. since
55. morning
56. period
57. minute hand
58. periodically
59. second hand
60. watch
61. tonight
62. another
63. year
64. greenwich mean time
65. first
66. calendar
67. decennium
68. equinox
69. for a day
70. chronological
71. next
72. schedule
73. solstice
74. seldom
75. to begin with
76. midmorning
77. at length
78. delay
79. semiquaver
80. midafternoon
81. summer solstice
82. eventually
83. days of the week
84. sunset
85. bell
86. semester
87. timepiece
88. for a hour
89. sunrise
90. picosecond
91. evening
92. biennial
93. synchronized
94. as long as
95. tomorrow
96. spring
97. timer
98. someday
99. hands
100. time zone
101. at the same time
102. digital clock
103. millisecond
104. bicentennial
105. fall
106. millennium
107. week
108. microsecond
109. for a minute
110. yesteryear
111. bedtime
112. rarely
113. fortnight
114. ante meridian
115. meantime
116. alarm clock
117. per diem
118. fiscal year
119. at times
120. geologic time
121. calendar year
122. timetable
123. sundial
124. some of the time
125. final
126. now
127. hour hand
128. autumnal equinox
129. sidereal time
130. consequently
131. usually
132. autumn
133. daylight savings time
134. daylight
135. during morning
136. just as
137. sometime
138. annual
139. before
140. once
141. summer
142. concurrently
143. after
144. dst
145. moment
146. clock
147. zulu time
148. leap year
149. twilight
150. ordinarily
151. nighttime
152. gnomon
153. idl
154. afternoon
155. during month
156. afterwards
157. o’clock
158. prime meridian
159. belated
160. night
161. then
162. quaver
163. noon
164. lunar month
165. chronology
166. per annum
167. earlier
168. meridian
169. pendulum clock
170. wristwatch
171. daytime
172. winter solstice
173. occasionally
174. currently
175. today
176. meanwhile
177. tempo
178. season
179. momentarily
180. formerly
181. finally
182. pm
183. cuckoo clock
184. shift
185. high noon
186. punctual
187. vernal equinox
188. gradually
189. up until that
190. half-life
191. before hand
192. era
193. yesterday
194. second
195. eon
196. last of all
197. until
198. overtime
199. everyday
200. leap second
201. at first
202. early
203. decade
204. past
205. when
206. anytime
